Comments on: Tour of secret smuggling tunnel http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662315 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662315 "secret smuggling tunnel"? C'mon guys. I know CNN's ratings are way down, but I still think that if Anderson Cooper knows about it, this drug smuggling tunnel is probably not a secret. “secret smuggling tunnel”?

C’mon guys. I know CNN’s ratings are way down, but I still think that if Anderson Cooper knows about it, this drug smuggling tunnel is probably not a secret.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662577 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662577 Probably because the whole setup was staged in order to gain support for more homeland security/border patrol funding. If it were authentic, why would they have not been able to figure out who made it let alone where it was going. Probably because the whole setup was staged in order to gain support for more homeland security/border patrol funding. If it were authentic, why would they have not been able to figure out who made it let alone where it was going.

]]> By: woid http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662834 woid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662834 I get it, they were muffling the sound of their jackhammers with those little styrofoam boards... no wonder nobody heard them! This reminds me of the multi-story underground caves that Al Qaeda was supposed to have had in Afghanistan, presumably abandoned now. Rumsfeld was running around with diagrams of these underground apartment complexes, saying there were "many of them" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm6ebCN9oa0). So how many of the many did we ever find? Or is this another of the known unknowns? . I get it, they were muffling the sound of their jackhammers with those little styrofoam boards… no wonder nobody heard them!

This reminds me of the multi-story underground caves that Al Qaeda was supposed to have had in Afghanistan, presumably abandoned now. Rumsfeld was running around with diagrams of these underground apartment complexes, saying there were “many of them” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm6ebCN9oa0).

So how many of the many did we ever find? Or is this another of the known unknowns?

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]]> By: doombilly http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-665676 doombilly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-665676 How much blow did AC smuggle up his "tunnel?" /sorry How much blow did AC smuggle up his “tunnel?” /sorry

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662371 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662371 I think you could assume it was a secret until it was discovered by Mexican authorities and shut down. I think you could assume it was a secret until it was discovered by Mexican authorities and shut down.

]]> By: Suds http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-663665 Suds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-663665 Ja JA JA ja ja, If Anderson knew how he just got trolled! This is FAKE! Nobody digs tunnels, its too easy to get things over in cars. Si ustedes entienden español, saben que la verdad cuestion queda en la demanda que los estados unidos pide CADA dia. This IS FAKE! The "drug war" is just a question of supply and demand, and it is MUCH easier to get things over the border in cars than dig holes in the ground. Sorry to sound so cynical, but I get better news about the smuggling trade from my local radio. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeEeGYnYLz4 < Los Tigres dan Mejor reportaje. Ja JA JA ja ja, If Anderson knew how he just got trolled! This is FAKE! Nobody digs tunnels, its too easy to get things over in cars.
Si ustedes entienden español, saben que la verdad cuestion queda en la demanda que los estados unidos pide CADA dia.

This IS FAKE! The “drug war” is just a question of supply and demand, and it is MUCH easier to get things over the border in cars than dig holes in the ground. Sorry to sound so cynical, but I get better news about the smuggling trade from my local radio.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeEeGYnYLz4 < Los Tigres dan Mejor reportaje.

]]> By: Suds http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-663669 Suds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-663669 Good intro to Narco-corridos by NPR here > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113664067 Good intro to Narco-corridos by NPR here > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113664067

]]> By: ramosity http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662904 ramosity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662904 I feel a little bad for Anderson Cooper, this is all he's got going on? I feel a little bad for Anderson Cooper, this is all he’s got going on?

]]> By: Karl http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662652 Karl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662652 Wait, if Anderson Cooper is down in a tunnel, who is going to read Twitter feeds to us on CNN? Wait, if Anderson Cooper is down in a tunnel, who is going to read Twitter feeds to us on CNN?

]]> By: max_supernova http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662401 max_supernova Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662401 Did you watch it? Authorities discovered it before it was finished and have let the press in to see what was going on. Did you watch it?

Authorities discovered it before it was finished and have let the press in to see what was going on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662406 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662406 This tunnel could not have been used to smuggle people or drugs. It was not complete. It never had an exit in the US. This tunnel could not have been used to smuggle people or drugs. It was not complete. It never had an exit in the US.

]]> By: Quiet Noises http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662930 Quiet Noises Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662930 Did he just say... styro<i>phone</i>? Did he just say… styrophone?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662428 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662428 Could they not have laid back, watched, and waited for the tunnel to be finished? The gov't could have a more valuable asset to sieze, 2 groups to arrest instead of one, and probably could have scammed some killer blow. Now Anderson Cooper's keeping it all for himself (that wasn't a sandbag). Oh, silly coppers. Could they not have laid back, watched, and waited for the tunnel to be finished? The gov’t could have a more valuable asset to sieze, 2 groups to arrest instead of one, and probably could have scammed some killer blow. Now Anderson Cooper’s keeping it all for himself (that wasn’t a sandbag). Oh, silly coppers.

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662438 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662438 maybe they should have waited just one more week? what was the hurry? now they will never know who the insider business was on the usa side of the border. maybe they should have waited just one more week? what was the hurry? now they will never know who the insider business was on the usa side of the border.

]]> By: Cepphus Grylle http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662452 Cepphus Grylle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662452 What makes for a "primitive" electrical system. I saw a fuse box and some new, orange insulated power cables. Looks at least as good as in my house. For primitive, I expect uninsulated wires twisted together. What makes for a “primitive” electrical system. I saw a fuse box and some new, orange insulated power cables. Looks at least as good as in my house.

For primitive, I expect uninsulated wires twisted together.

]]> By: dnafrequency http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662466 dnafrequency Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662466 CNN's own video summary is wrong. This tunnel was never used to smuggle anything as it was never completed. CNN’s own video summary is wrong. This tunnel was never used to smuggle anything as it was never completed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662735 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662735 wait, at the end of the tunnel, there was a vent that went up. Didn't Anderson look outside to see where it ended up? He could have solved the case!!!! wait, at the end of the tunnel, there was a vent that went up. Didn’t Anderson look outside to see where it ended up? He could have solved the case!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662759 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662759 ... what could have been done if this projkt was done 'real' high-tech ? All those poor imigrants and those beautifull stash... just move over the border just like 'this'... ...hhmmmm cheap weed.... … what could have been done if this projkt was done ‘real’ high-tech ?

All those poor imigrants and those beautifull stash… just move over the border just like ‘this’…

…hhmmmm cheap weed….

]]> By: johnphantom http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-663015 johnphantom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-663015 @ woid: They found exactly *zero* Al Qaeda fortresses. @ woid:

They found exactly *zero* Al Qaeda fortresses.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662518 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662518 I first read <i>Tour of secret snuggling tunnel</i> *facepalm* I first read Tour of secret snuggling tunnel *facepalm*

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/11/tour-of-secret-smugg.html#comment-662775 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-662775 What do you call a tunnel with only one end? A hole. What do you call a tunnel with only one end? A hole.

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